THE ENGINEERING CLASSIFICATION OF SOME WESTERN NIGERIAN SOILS AND THEIR QUALITIES IN ROAD BUILDING

THE RESULTS OF LABORATORY TESTS ON GRAVEL SOILS AS A ROADBASE MATERIAL IN THE WESTERN REGION OF NIGERIA ARE SUMMARIZED. TWO MAIN TYPES OF SOIL ARE CONSIDERED: LATERITE, INCLUDING CONVENTIONAL LATERITES, AND QUARTZ AND QUARTZITE GRAVELS. THE FUNDAMENTAL ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF THE SOILS AS DISCUSSED, TOGETHER WITH THE NATURE AD ORIGIN OF THE SOIL PARTICLES AND THE STRENGTH OF THE SOIL AS A ROADBASE MATERIAL. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport & Road Research Lab /UK

  /Overseas Bulletin
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Ackroyd, L W
• Publication Date: 1971

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 43 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; Gravel; Laboratory tests; Laterites; Quartz; Quartzite; Soil types; Soils; Subgrade materials
• Uncontrolled Terms: Soil classification
• Old TRIS Terms: Quartz gravels; Roadbed material; Soil bearing capacity
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00230422
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 24 1973 12:00AM